Rick Fox on Playing with Larry Bird, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Reggie Lewis | B.S. Report

Rick Fox tells Bill Simmons about his days in the NBA, including a season of tanking on the Celtics, how tough Reggie Lewis used to play Michael Jordan, and his tumultuous times on the Lakers with Phil, Shaq, and Kobe. (FEBRUARY 11, 2014)

[@adamkelly4252]

Rick Fox....the ridiculously good looking, do everything to win teammate, that every guy wants on their squad....

[@danielabatabogdanov8586]

gaaaaaaaaaay

[@anthonyyoung4638]

Loved Rick Fox! I used to pattern my game after him. People sleep so hard on Reggie Lewis! Quiet assassin! Him and Petro dying in 93 was crazy! Hated when Rick went to the Lakers!

[@mookeychase0907]

I'm no Celtics fan but growing up in Bmore with no more Bullets I rooted for Doc Mo Cheeks and Philly. I watched Truck (Reggie Lewis) play at Dunbar and then watching Len Bias at Maryland. I and thousands of others became instant Celts fan in '86 when they drafted Lenny. Bro imagine if Len and Reg played with the right cast, MJ and the Bulls have no dynasty guaranteed. Truck was tough bro this makes me sad great memories from Rick...

[@Mu5icPr0ducer]

So where would Reggie and Len rank if they didn’t die ?

[@RD22]

You read my mind. That Dunbar High School team was probably the best ever. What could have been with Reggie & Lenny?

[@mookeychase0907]

@@RD22 Bro ECF defintely and possibly a ring was the ceiling

[@bradmiller9121]

I was one of about 3000 who was in the gym the night Rick Fox and Shawn Kemp played against each other in their senior years. Shawn set a gym scoring record of 49.

[@yoe91]

It's very unfortunate they stopped just when it started getting really interesting at the end there. Fox has that no bullshit, rational realism to him, he'll just say it as it was. Same stories from Shaq or Kobe would be heavily distorted.

[@aquazzRNG]

i love reggie my fav player we love u reggie rip ....

[@popaybugi9443]

Reggie Lewis was killer player. That year was bad for NBA lost 2 great players

[@davidpeters3857]

💯

[@dannycooper1245]

"I was the captain of the Titanic...the year we won 15 games." Ahahahaha! 🤣😂

[@waltciii3]

Between Len Bias and Reggie Lewis... As a Laker fan I felt bad for the Celtics.

[@eboooo]

This was great I love foxy

[@jimmyrecard4390]

Nice interview

[@zergbong]

I am sucker for these man, thanks

[@poloregal]

zergbong420 Sill Bimmons you are a damn LEGEND

[@TL2354]

I never realized what the Celtics did to him. Fucked up

[@diggingmystyle]

Damn...i'm so jealous of his good looks.

[@ramaalemzer]

An adonis

[@ARCI12345]

Hes humbled a lot imo, but i still cant forget that uppercut he received fr doug christie back than 😅

[@eboooo]

When did this interview take place?

[@charlesdiggett7517]

Fox looking smooth in front of Clyde poster.

[@bucksatanII]

Rick was great in Oz

[@mikerossville1686]

In 92' the Celtics had bird, mchale, parish, reggie lewis and a bunch of depth at guard and forward spots and lost to the cavs in 7 games in the 2nd round. That year cleveland, ny and of course the Bulls were stacked. In 93' the celtics had the same team except Xavier mcdaniel as Bird retired - finished 4th in the east and that year the east was maybe the best it ever was

[@eddiebowles7903]

Steven Feinberg, not better than the 80s east since the Celtics were older and injuries had taken their toll on Bird. Plus the Bad boys were done after 91. The fact that Cavs team got that far tells everything. The Bulls were the only real prime threat to come out of the East in 92. NY and Indiana only had 1 true all star apiece.

[@eddiebowles7903]

Marvin Santana, the 95 Magic beat the 95 Bulls in the 2nd round with the "GOAT" there. As well as the Pistons 3 times, the Celtics 2 times, and the Bucks once beating the Bulls. So "no one" = 4 teams in 7 series?

[@mikerossville1686]

Eddie Bowles True... You could say '89 was the strongest year for the east. The Bulls were a 7 seed that year with 47 wins, cleveland was even better with Ron Harper, and you still had Detroit, Atlanta, Milwaukee, NY, etc. Whether it's '93 or in the 80's - it's still much better than today.

[@eddiebowles7903]

Steven Feinberg, I agree it is better than today. I just know that the mid to late 80s East was much stronger than the early 90s or any 90s East that is all I am getting at. I think the 90s West gets overlooked but it was stacked. All of the top 90s players outside of Jordan and Ewing were in the west (D. Rob, Hakeem, Drexler, Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Payton, Kemp.) Shaq is an outlier since he split time with Orlando and LA in the 90s. So it's out of the top 11 in the 90s the East had 2.5, and the West had 8.5.

[@dannycooper1245]

Yea that Pistons team is one of the best defensive teams in the history of sports.

[@JeffreyGlover65]

And one of the dirtiest...

[@clsupreme7408]

U need to add the date that the interview took place in the description

[@dkthg]

STFU and enjoy the interview.

[@clsupreme7408]

dkthg what would make u think I didn’t enjoy the interview? And they actually did it so U STFU dickhead

[@joshuahaynes7128]

Rick fox was blessed to play with 3 of.the top 10 all-time players in shaq-kobe and Larry legend ... today's NBA fans will never truly understand how great bird was ... Larry was putting up LeBron numbers in a tougher era against true elite big men.. Larry bird and Steph curry is the only 2 men to shoot 90 percent from the line and 50 percent from midrange and 40 from downtown .... Larry bird is the best passing small forward I've ever saw.

[@trentf4891]

Joshua Haynes Steve Nash also put up those percentages, more than once.

[@CharlesKJr]

Trent F Joshua Haynes and Kevin Durant

[@joshuahaynes7128]

Charles Koen your right bro

[@Ronffb]

So humans can jump higher, run faster, have objectively superior knowledge of nutrition and athletic optimization. We have the internet which allows for unlimited archives of all basketball footage ever taken that can be shared with anyone in the world. The sport is globalized and there are more people that play basketball than any time in history which makes the competition to even enter the NBA exponentially more difficult. And you are trying to tell me Larry Bird played against tougher competition? I may not have been around in the 80s but there's ample video to clearly see its two different sports. Being ambidextrous and having semi-decent handles made you a hall of famer in the 80s. Please. The tenth player on evey bench in the NBA today could be an all star in the any era before the 2000's.

[@joshuahaynes7128]

Ron Jaradat absolutely Larry bird played against tougher competition anyone who truly knows the game including former players will say the same thing man ... today's NBA is watered down small ball ..... the 80s lakers and celtics was loaded period ... go watch 80s prime magic Johnson seriously watch highlights and then show me a point guard from today's nba who can run the point and pass like magic ?? Then watch Kareem and show me a center even close to kareem from today... I'm not saying there's not players of.today who can't play back then cause there are ofcourse ... guys like lebron-curry-durant-davis-harden-westbrook could play in any era forsure but today's rules have really watered the game down and there's just not any big talented elite centers like there was in the 80s-90s-early 00s .... today's NBA is just smaller .. players back then was fundamentally better they just was .. casual fans seem to confuse athletic ability with fundamentals... ofcourse medicine n stuff is better today I won't debate ya with that man but today's plays all but a handful arent fundamental at all .... the rules of today is why the games are higher scoring and faster pace .. u can't truly body up and play defense these rules benefit the offensive player... 120 points today is about 100-105 back then

[@timdavisfitness]

What a great guy....I wanna talk shit but it’s impossible

[@davidpeters3857]

Foxy the man who has everything

[@biggmonie]

He's still so gorgeous

[@taowang9714]

Black George Clooney

[@davidlipman8093]

No bro, Clooney is the White Rock Fox.

[@brandonalonzosoccer66]

yes

[@clutchcity25]

It’s an interesting counterpoint. If Reggie Lewis doesn’t go to be with the Lord, does Rick stay a Celtic his whole career?

[@EndoftheTownProductions]

Was Simmons at every Celtics game ever?

[@NOYOUSHUTUP3.14]

Man Rick looks like a Batman villain in that outfit....

[@robink7316]

🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹

[@datadude295]

League of Legends Legend

[@dmitchell2130]

didnt know fox was a celtic

[@infinitusmorris]

It would’ve been a fascinating interview if the annoying guy didn’t interrupted so much

[@neal6473]

He said that the 3rd draft pick that they had was one of the worst ones no it was not Rick Fox that was a good draft pick because that draft pick become future Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and also if they wanted was Tim Duncan that bad all they could of done is trade Chauncey Billups for a other draft rookie like a big men with size and skills who was similar to Tim Duncan or trade that pick for more future draft picks.

[@jacksonrob08]

neal6473 Billups will not be in the Hof,period.

[@neal6473]

jacksonrob08 he will get in his stats back it up and he had a great College career.

[@jacksonrob08]

neal6473 he was average in the regular season .It's going to take more than just playing on a championship team for him to make the HOF.Look at Danny Ainge.He's not in the HOF and I think they had similar careers.They both made big shots in the finals and we're just average in the regular season.I think Billups was a solid NBA player.But Hofer ,no.And college careers have no bearing on the NBA How.If it did,people like Wayman Tisdale or Walter Berry would have been elected.

[@hanj31]

jacksonrob08 billups was the leader/ best player of a team that won a title during an era dominated by kobe, Shaq and Tim duncan. Pistons also made the finals the year after they won.

[@neal6473]

jacksonrob08 And also jacksonrob08 college does make a difference yes it does so what you are saying it's totally wrong that's not just my opinion it is the fact most HOF players aless 90 percent of them had great College careers and Chauncey Billups had all great colleges years that's why he was drafted number 3 overall and also he only had 4 bad years in the NBA that was 1997 to 2001 when he played with Minnesota Timberwolves that 2001 season he became a decent player but still had some things that he need to improve in but it was the conversation he had with Joe Dumars the general manager for the Detroit Pistons three years later help give him confidence and wisdom of what Chauncey Billups can become which was Joe Dumars was right aka MrBigShot Billups and the rest is history and a championship trophy along with multiple All-Star appearance and MVP finals trophy and a great College career enough said Chauncey Billups future Hall of Famer I'm out.

[@Prank-Calling-Radio-Stations]

proffessor

[@wolftmfg]

Rick Fox I dig

[@bigeddiechicago7244]

Is Grantland still a thing? Glad Bill got off that sinking ship ESPN.

[@mattharrison2657]

rick p thought he was gonna get his ky team

[@kybelian]

Sill keeps talking over Fox

[@kuroneko7022]

Why does the white guy keep interrupting??

[@joshuahaynes7128]

Kuro Neko no doubt he was getting on my nerves and I'm white

[@nunyabusiness7927]

It's annoying. He did it to Horace Grant, too.

[@MattDeiley]

🤣🤣🤣

[@raferalstonisgoat4457]

because he is bill simmons and he has a big ego and even calls himself "the sports guy" but doesnt realize his initials spell out B.S.

[@creepshowcrate]

Right. Even Rick had to interrupt his interrupting, with a "Hold on (let me finish!)." Unprofessional and just plain inconsiderate.

[@ijonny25251]

Hey Bill! were you wearing a Bruins shirt with the great Burton Cummings laced up for action?

[@derrickdd]

Reggie LEWIS ??

[@sdkhopes]

Derrick dos Santos Reggie Lewis was the MAN...died way too soon

[@jarodrochell1310]

Google him

[@TheSands83]

A bad man

[@AriKariG]

NBA Legend....lol chill

[@sdcadillac9942]

What is that around Rick’s neck. Look like a old curtain

[@yopaul8822]

"nba legend" LMAOOOOO OKAY

[@jessealexander9852]

What did Reggie Lewis die of? Was he using cocaine?

[@Vadegu]

Heart problems (something which unfortunately happens too frequently among youth sportstars, well atleast over here in Europe) Len Bias is the one who died due inhaling cocaine.

[@jarodrochell1310]

There is a lot of speculation that cocaine use played a part in his heart problems

[@jonmccormick8683]

He had a genetic heart issue. Many Dr’s looked at it. Initially heart Drs said he should never play again. Then they found a Dr that gave him clearance. It was a big health issue also, feeling weak, light-headed, out of breath, passing out etc.

[@markdavis3306]

Jarod Rochell actuality, he has a genetic condition which elongated and loosened his cardiac muscle. Signature ailments include weblike, elongated phalanges and tarsals.

[@ramaalemzer]

A tear in his heart 😏

[@4444pro]

Jordan poisoned reggie lewis and len bias thats why people call jordan an assasin

[@kgisabeast]

Looks like that homeless guy who became famous for having the radio voice lol

[@dorjeejam]

Rick fox, the prettiest goon in nba history. Him and Reggie Theus the only two guys to look worse on camera with makeup

[@danielabatabogdanov8586]

I like Fox but his looks turn me off.. if he would be just a bit better looking i would have watched the whole video,